Miss Kelly (TALA) Brown
Contact
- Email: k2339187@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston School of Art, Knights Park
- Faculty: Kingston School of Art
- School: School of Design
- Department: Department of Fashion
- Research groups/centres: Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), Contemporary Art Research Centre (CARC), Practice Research Unit
Research project: A quiet revolution
Abstract
A Quiet Revolution: An interrogation of intersectionality[1] in Fashion craft and a celebration of emancipatory praxis within commons apparel
A Quiet Revolution is a subtle, quiet and personal art-craft, practice-led journey. Gathering and generating neon notions of clothing as commons apparel. Such as made, bought, found, repaired, and inspired-by, clothing, as emancipatory praxis. Investigating liberated object-making, as being-with and solidarity-within, fashion-journeys of the othered, as La Difference. As well as an examination of the now agendas of fashion crafts, intersectionality, and the era of the Anthropocene. The methodology will be an understanding of my making practice, and the making practices of other, othered people within an ontological framework, as a narrative journey.
Question
Looking at the broader topic of intersectionality within fashion crafts, as commons apparel, could Paulo Freire's concept of emancipatory praxis be used as a means of understanding objects made during the era of the Anthropocene? Identifying whether and why environmental concerns are put before othered human beings, welfare and emancipation? Is it possible to both examine and create a lens to the arena of fashion craft in the Anthropocene; to excavate creative making fashion-craft-textile outcomes of my practice, while interrogating significant oppression of othered humans? I am examining myself as an ontological being within this, and my emancipatory praxis of making, shopping and looking at fashion craft or commons apparel. I am also identifying whether an examination of traditional-textile-cultural-resistance, within my field work areas of French and Jamaican Boho/Shanty communities, can be a way of celebrating my practice and the practices of other, othered people. To both expose oppressive practices within a capitalistic milieu and to create research that presents solidarity with others that are othered. As I disentangle narratives of oppression and engage with narratives of empowerment, resistance, emancipation and liberation I will both examine and celebrate significant transformational practices within the era of the Anthropocene.
[1] See Leah Thomas's book, The intersectional environmentalist. How to dismantle systems of oppression to protect people+ planet.
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- Research degree: PhD
- Title of project: A quiet revolution
- Research supervisor: Dr Sass Brown
- Other research supervisor: Dr J. Miguel Imas
Biography
TALA is a mixed heritage working class artist in Brixton, London.
Her Qualitative practice-led research is a a subtle and quiet, reflective, engaged within research explorations of making as activism. This academic journey started on her Mres at the University of Westminster (CREAM), after a lengthy period learning various craft practices at Various London further education colleges, and is now situated within Kingston University
Her concerns about 'The-othered' regarding, liberation, social justice, enquiry and investigation of past historical events are a philosophical and art led understanding of entangled narratives of oppression as disentangle narratives of solidarity, freedom, liberation of talent and liberated making. Using Paulo Freire's (1970, pedagogy of the oppressed) and concept of emancipatory praxis. She is Looking specifically at fashion as a craft, and the cultural resistance of mono-cultures through making, handwork and traditional crafts.
Areas of research interest
- commons apparel.
- emancipatory praxis.
- resistance of the othered, or la difference.
- objects, things, stuff.
- Anti-Capitalism .
- already-ready-at hand- made clothing.
- Boho culture of shanti towns or transient cities
- Boho fashion inspired by Basquiat
- Fashion craft intersectionality
- Fashion craft in the Anthropocene
Qualifications
- BA Hons Literature and Philosophy
- Mres in creative practice (Distinction in one year. Self photography)
- Keri's researcher at a Kingston university.
- EAC member of the Crafts Council
- Distinction in glass - stained glass with Maria Zuleta
- Merit and advanced practice in textiles
- PGCE MA Level crafts Goldsmiths, university of London
- Merit and Artist in residence Westminster in ceramics, throwing bowls and glaze making.
Funding or awards received
- Kingston race and equality Studentship